Project Manager - Cloud Applications

Confidential Company; Dubai; On-site; AED 180,000 - 250,000; Full time

Job summary

Confidential Company in Dubai seeks a senior Cloud Project Manager to lead Azure cloud initiatives, oversee SaaS deployment and migration, and coordinate cross-functional teams. You will ensure delivery timelines, manage risks, and drive adoption of modern cloud platforms.

The role requires 10–12 years of cloud experience, PMP certification, and strong stakeholder/vendor management skills across IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS in Azure.

Qualifications

• 10–12 years of experience in cloud applications and SaaS environments.
• PMP certification is mandatory.
• Strong experience in Microsoft Azure Cloud and managing Azure cloud initiatives.
• Experience across Azure IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS services.
• Strong expertise in SaaS application deployment and integration.
• Experience in cloud migration, rollout, and transformation projects.

Responsibilities

• Manage SaaS application deployment and integration initiatives.
• Manage cloud application migration, rollout, and adoption projects.
• Coordinate Microsoft Azure Cloud initiatives across IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS environments.
• Support Azure cloud service delivery and transformation programmes.
• Coordinate migration dependencies, timelines, risks, and technical activities.
• Manage project scope, timelines, risks, dependencies, and delivery updates.

Skills

Azure Cloud

Kubernetes

OpenShift

Stakeholder management

Vendor coordination

Application deployment & integration

Education

PMP certification

Tools

AKS

Kubernetes

OpenShift

Job description

• Manage SaaS application deployment and integration initiatives.

• Manage cloud application migration, rollout, and adoption projects.

• Coordinate Microsoft Azure Cloud initiatives across IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS environments.

• Support Azure cloud service delivery and transformation programmes.

• Coordinate implementation, migration, and upgrade activities within Azure environments.

• Coordinate activities involving Azure Virtual Machines, Azure Networking, Azure Kubernetes Service, Azure Database Services, Microsoft Entra ID/Azure Active Directory, and Azure AI Services.

• Support container-based application environments and coordinate Kubernetes-based application platforms.

• Work with teams managing Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) environments.

• Manage application and platform modernization initiatives.

• Coordinate migration dependencies, timelines, risks, and technical activities.

• Manage project scope, timelines, risks, dependencies, and delivery updates.

• Coordinate with application, infrastructure, security, business, and vendor teams.

• Manage communication between technical teams, business stakeholders, and vendors.

• Support application-level identity and access management, security, and governance.

• Prepare project reports and provide regular delivery updates.

Desired Candidate Profile

• 10-12 years of experience in cloud applications and SaaS environments.

• PMP certification is mandatory.

• Strong experience in Microsoft Azure Cloud and managing Azure cloud initiatives.

• Experience across Azure IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS services.

• Strong expertise in SaaS application deployment and integration.

• Experience managing cloud application migration, rollout, and transformation projects.

• Experience in application-level identity and access management using Microsoft Entra ID/Azure Active Directory.

• Experience with Azure Kubernetes Service, Kubernetes, containers, and containerized applications.

• Experience with Azure Virtual Machines, Azure Networking, and Azure Database Services.

• Strong enterprise project delivery, stakeholder management, and vendor coordination experience.

• Exposure to Azure AI Services and Microsoft 365 cloud services is preferred.

• Exposure to OpenShift or similar container platforms is preferred.

• Candidates available to join immediately or within 15 days will be preferred.